Means for retaining bobbed hair



March 25, 1930. F. ONEAL 1,751,596

MEANS FOR RETAINING BOBBED HAIR Filed Nov. 23, 1926 l/JVENIOR r v I! W ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 25, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT ormcr:

FRANK ONEAL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MEN'I'S, TO THE HUMP HAIRPIN MANUFACTURING 00., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A

CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA MEANS FOR RETAINING BOBBEl) HAIR Application filed'November 23,1926. Serial No. 150,196.

The device, the subject of thisinvention, while it may be considered a hair pin I prefer to refer to it as a retainer for bobbed hair and for the reason that the device serves rather as a hair clamp than merely as a hair I Devices of this nature should be so constructed that they may be totally or almost totally concealed. They should also be so constructed that they will clampingly engage the hair and retain it even against theconsiderable straining occasioned I by the dropping forward of the hair.

The device should be small and of comparatively cheap construction and simple opera tion' and with this idea in mind the following is what I consider the best meansof carrying out my invention and the accompanying drawing should be referred to for a complete understanding of the specification which follows.

In the drawing Fig. 1, is a plan view of my device.

Fig. 2, a side elevation thereof, and

Fig. 3, shows the device in operation.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures Where they appear.

l y hair retainer is formed of a strip of metal, bone or celluloid and I prefer that the strips should be narrow, believing that an ideal width is approximately of an inch. v

The strip of material is corrugated orserrated near one end to'provide a plurality of hills 1, 2 and 3 and intervening vales 4 and 5.

One extreme end, the end adjacent the corrugations is bent downward as shown at 6 and for a purpose that shall be later referred to.

After the corrugations are formed the strip is bent upon itself at about midlength, the bending producing a loop or return bend shown at 7 and particular attention is called to the fact that the downwardly bent end 6 and the depressed portions 4 and 5 rest upon the co-adjacent arm 8 which is formed from the fiat end of my strip and attention is also called to the fact that away from the corrugated portions the arms, which I wlll now refer to as 8 and 9, are spaced away from each other and in the foregoing the arm 9 is the upper or corrugated arm as shown in Fig. 2 and the arm 8 is the lower or flat arm as shown in this figure.

My device should have considerable resiliency and if made of'sheet or strip steel the device will be tempered. v Other materials such as copper, celluloid and etc., will be;

and 9. Releasing the pressure will cause the arms to clampingly engage the hair and the corrugations operating against a flattened surface will prevent the device from falling or dropping out of the hair. 8

My device may be made in any suitable color, may be enameled or plated if made of metal or tinted if made of celluloid or bone and other modifications may be made within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the principle or sacrificing the advantages of the invention.

Having carefully and fully described my invention what I claim and desire to obtain is i 1. A device for retaining bobbed hair consisting of a plurality of fiat arms formed integral, one of said arms being corrugated near its end and the other said arm being straight, the extreme end of the corrugated arm being turned inward and upon the next adjacent surface of the fiat arm.

2. A device of the character described and having a plurality of flat arms spaced apart for a greater portion of their length and corrugations in one arm and near the end thereof, all said corrugations being adapted to rest upon the other said arm.

Signed at the city of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, this 19th day of Nov., 1926.

FRANK ONEAL; 

